SC - egg sizes

[RANDALL DIAMOND]

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 01:03:30 -0600
Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net> wrote:

>I certainly think that if the chickens grew in size then the eggs would
>also grow in size but you seem to be argueing for the opposite, chickens
>that grew in size but eggs that stayed small. While I certainly think this
>is more likely than large eggs with small chickens, it seems less likely
>than both increasing in size unless there is some other constraining
factor.

Actually the opposite cited by Ras is true.  You breed for one
characteristic
or another, seldom both together.  Chickens that were breed for  meat
production obviously grew in physical size.  If an infrequent or small egg
layer produced significantly larger, more desirable progeny for meat
production,
who cares that her eggs are small?  You count the size improvement as a
great
blessing. Likewise, smaller hens who produce larger eggs take up less
coop space and eat less feed, resulting in more compact and more efficient
egg production and more profit.  The econony of meat or egg production is
the
constraining factor you overlooked.

Akim Yaroslavich
"No glory comes without pain"

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